Slow news day as both the Demys news service and UDRPLaw.net ran stories on Michael Douglas’ victory in a ERDRP action against someone who registered michael.douglas.name. I represented Michael Douglas.
The fellow who registered michael.douglas.name also registered mick.jagger.name, russell.crowe.name and robert.diniro.name. So here’s an algorithm the .name registry could use during the registration process –…
Thanks to Dave for the link. While you guys are here, feel free try the Free International Trademark Metasearch and the Domain Dossier look-up tool (enter only the string – not the TLD).
As previously blogged, CBS, American licensee of the rights in “Survivor,” protested ABC’s show “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here” on “look and feel” grounds (see complaint at prior link). ABC has now prevailed at the preliminary injunction stage. I’m not finding Judge Preska’s decision in the Southern District on Court…
The Singaporean law firm of Rajah and Tann directs me to more coverage of the trademark application for .SG, brought by SGNIC, the domain manager of Singapore’s .sg. Concerned parties have until January 25 to oppose the application. Maybe ICANN should.
Folks quoted in the article raise the concern that the domain manager will…
A specimen is worth a 1000 of my words. The European Court of Justice delivered an important decision last week on dilution, finding that a stylized DURFFEE logo diluted the rights of the famous DAVIDOFF logo. Alas, the ECJ decision had no renderings of the two logos and I could find none. Now, Stefan JAnzen…
Amy Harmon wrote an article in today’s NY Times entitled “A Corporate Victory, but One That Raises Public Consciousness.” One quote stuck out for me:
“In 1998, the [Act] was passed with hardly any debate after heavy lobbying by the Walt Disney Company . . . “
This set off a memory. With…
Now that my estate is assured of those 20 extra years, I am going to begin work on that novel I have been putting off.
Here’s the decision (via Copyfight via Lessig).
SCOTUS Blog commentary on the decision.
Copyfight and Law Meme will be burning up the blogosphere on this one.
Slashdot on it too.
Here’s a Wired.com article on Overpeer, the company which performs spoofing services for entertainment companies that wish to damage files. My concerns remain.
Someone registered a domain name which is a one-letter variation of my client’s famous trademark (same fact pattern as the GE case below, different client, this happens a lot). One of the 3 elements I have to establish to prevail in a UDRP is bad faith. Because registrants tend not to create written evidence of bad…